Weekend happenings; visiting in-laws.

Hello everyone, I have been a little bit inactive since yesterday morning as I went home to my hubby hometown in Batangas. The purpose of my visit is to check the progress of our dream house. As I mentioned in my previous post, we decided to continue the construction in the first week of February. Aside from that, I would like to meet his sister who got home from Canada together with her family. I leave the house at around 8:00 am as I need to arrive early at home. It's payday for the carpenters. Thankfully there is no traffic.

Our House progress.

After talking with my brother in law who was managing the construction, we will be needing $2140 to fully furnish our house. Excluding the expenses in painting. The amount is still bigger and after checking our savings it is not enough. Yet we are thinking summer is fast approaching so for sure the materials price are going to increase. So we are thinking of borrowing some cash from my sister in law. Unless BCH price will pump next month. That's gonna be a big help in our budget.

Building a home is really a challenge for poor people like me. Hehe, more KAYOD PA.

Meeting my Canadians Nephew and Niece.

After I am done talking with my brother in law, I went to the next house ( we are just in a one compound). Then they let me watch over the kids. Though I am used to it since I have a lot of nieces demn, I felt to tired yesterday. Those Canadian toddlers (X and S) spoke so fast and they had that accent, slang. I got a nosebleed while talking to them. There are some instances where I could not understand what they were talking about. While the other one who is E could not understand them, of course he grew up here. So they ended up getting annoyed with each other. Just minutes I left my eyes on them and I could see them wrestling.

S was so protective of his siblings and every time he saw someone hurt them he got mad. He even kicked E because he was snatching X toy gun. I had also observed that kids are raised differently in Canada compared here in the Philippines. You can't spank nor hurt them as for sure they would tell their parents. Even parents could not hurt them as they will complain to authorities or their teacher at school. At their young age they are also independent and quite responsible. X is just five years old yet I could see that he is already responsible even in just taking care of his younger siblings. He has a younger sister A and you could not easily take her or you could but expect X tailing you wherever you go. He is watching and making sure you're not going to hurt his princess ( that's how he called his sister).

Before I went home.

Just earlier my sister in law cooked some veggies to pair with chicken. I was so happy as I actually prefer eating veggies. I can't stand eating meat. It was freshly picked from the backyard , papaya, beans, winged beans, kadyos and malunggay. Just mix it together in boiled water and add some seasonings. It is called "bulanglang".

When I was about to go back here in Manila, my mother in law handed this to me.

Oh no, it is not a sandwich spread or pickles. Hehe, it is Burong mustasa "fermented mustard leaves". She knows I love veggies so she was thinking I might want to bring some. Honestly, I don't want to bring it as I am just riding in public transportation. Besides, my bag is a little bit heavy and my back could not tolerate heavy loads. However, I don't have the heart to say NO. She even wrapped it well in plastic to make sure it won't mess up in my bag. I also find her gestures sweet.

I am thankful as I have a good relationship with her. I remember a few days ago I had read in @Cogamedia article about a lady who had issues with her mother in law. Well our mother always kept on telling us to always love and respect our Mother in law. She believes that having issues with her will bring bad luck.
As for me, I had noticed that my husband loves his Mom so much. He always makes sure to give her allowance every payday. He would tell me after he sent me money " Bhe, padalhan mo ang Inay ng pera ( Bhe, send some money to Mother). He also kept on telling her to always tell him if she needs something.

So in order for him to love me more I also learned to love his Mom. She was nice to me ever since so it's not hard to do so. Besides I had that thinking that his Mom could be my best ally just in case he would lost his way. Right? Am I right married ladies here?

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